NRIs have a reason to feel happy and relieved with the new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget for the year 2019. For a start, their welcome into the country just became warmer! The Union Budget of 2019 has proposed to consider issuing the Aadhaar Cards to NRIs (who have Indian Passports) post their arrival in […]
The Aadhaar Act, 2016 was enacted with a purpose to provide certain services and benefits by generating a unique identification number. The aim was to plug the leakage of money spent by Government on various social schemes so that benefits reach the intended beneficiary.In a recent judgement delivered on 26.09.2018, deciding 31 petitions, Hon’ble Supreme […]
The Supreme Court has ordered that citizens do not need to link their Aadhaar numbers with a range of services, including bank accounts, mobile phones and passports, for the time being. The top court said that a biometric ID is obligatory for accessing social welfare schemes and subsidies, but until it decides whether the government’s […]
If you are an NRI (non-resident Indian) looking to link your Aadhaar card, you need not worry. As per the government criteria, NRIs do not have to link their Aadhaar for banking, mobile and other services. Aadhaar is only for residents of India. NRIs are not eligible to get Aadhaar. The service providers like banks […]
NRIs, PIOs and OCIs are exempted from Aaadhaar Card.It is compulsory in India to link all saving bank accounts with Aadhaar Card. If you still have normal saving accounts in India, it is a compulsion for NRIs too to link it with Aadhaar card by 31/03/2018. To avoid freezing accounts NRIs, PIOs and OCIs need […]
The Aadhaar card is a Unique Identification that collects the biometric data of the user and gives a 12 digit unique number to them. The operation is looked after by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). On the other hand, PAN which is short for Permanent Account Number is issued by an Assessing Officer […]